Cantor, Eddie (born Isidore Itzkowitz) (1892–1964)

US singer. An actor with a high-pitched singing voice, who often performed with his face blacked-up, Cantor appeared in Kid Cabaret (1912) with George Jessel. He worked for Florenz Ziegfeld 1916–28, when he sang his best known songs, including ‘Making Whoopee’.

He was born in New York City. A radio host and movie actor in the 1930s, he helped to found actors' unions and to promote the March of Dimes.